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Newspaper Page TextOrgm Historical Soo PWo Auditorium 0 I Medford M The Weather Mitlmiim yesterday, .......A7 Minimum toility .. . Sill Pred EIBUNE Tonight anil Friday Kulr. rortyMilolilh Tirnr. MEDFORD, OltKGOtf, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 191!) NO. 306 vany in ilrlwnth Tm, GIRL CONFESSES T0PO SOWING HER RIVAL NEUTRALS AIR VIEWS ON LEAGUE Deleaates Present Oplnoans and Amendments to Peace Conference Warnlnn Sent Ukrainians In Gull ci International Labor Bureau Denied Power to Invoke Aid of Leauue to Enforco Decisions. Ren dered Bv That Body. PA II 18, Mur. 20. (Hy Associated Prim.) Marshal Koch anil other Ron oral wnru called In ilurlnK yester day' prolonged (Motion of tho su preme council to glvo their advise a to notion which should bo Inkon In Cnllcln, where Ukrainian forces are hesloRlnK l.oinborK,' which In tliruut- aoou from threa BldM. It wa docld- cil (linl it nhurp warning should uo nenl to both lde unkliiR for n sus pension of hostilities.. T1h warning will tnkolho form of nit "liijunctloii" to tho two armies. ' ,VeulrHl (ilven llivtrinu, NuiUrnl countries of lCuriipo, Aula mid South America will tin Riven op purtunlty today to expres Ihulr vlnw nnd ' propose amendment to thn 1-ennuo of Nation plan. Nearby nou Iral havo .Hunt .dolcKntes-while, mora distant countries will bo roproiiantud by ftmlmsuiloin, nnd liilnuiier roslti Inn In 1'arl. 1 ;:; Tim mooting will" bo hold ut tho Hotel Do ('rlllun, tho American head quarters, and It li purposed to con tlnno thfl mumlon a innu am nncnmuirv to eomploto nil neutral Jtraposnls and piuimiw mum iui nil iiimnniuil lu iiiu commission of tho Leagua ut Na tlonii. Lord Robert Cecil of Great llrltnln will bo chairman. Tho clalma ot neutrals wilt bo heard direct 1y or by memorandum, Norway, Sweden, Don tnnrk, llollnnd, Switzerland, Kpiiln, Persia, (liintoniala nnd moil of tho Bouth American neutrals having omo uRROHtlons to innko. Tho threo Scandinavian countries will present virtually Identical pro- . i,a,iin, 11 ib UHllui ntiiuil, IIIUM) UVlllf. In tho main fnvornblo to tho league and asking Hint noiitrnls bo admlttod to mombomhlp. Wilson Chairman President Wilson will act nn chair man at the mootliiK of the League of Nations commission which wlll.be hold Hnlurduy when nil proponed amendment and change will bo con Idored and tho plun put Into definite form. Lord Robert Cecil nnd Thoma W. Gregory, formor United Blatoii tfttor-nay-Roneral, nro among thoso" who havo nought to draft a provlao roln tlvo lo tho Monroa doclrlno In such form Unit It will meet tho approval or legal oxport. . Labor I'lHlat Ion i Tho commission on International labor loRtnlntlon.. today decided agulnst tho Intornntlonnl Labor Bur oau, wbon constllutotl, invoking tho aid of tho Lobruo of Nations to on forco Hh decisions. This decision was mainly duo to difficulties which would be oncountnrfld in tho United StntoH, whnro Htiilo constitutions would roqutro alterations hoforo thoy would pormit such outHlilo Interfer ence WASHINGTON, March 20. Loiuis toliilling approximately $11, 7I)!1. 8(1(1 were made to 'I, -01) l'lirniors through out tho United Stale bv tho I'mlcrnl liitul linnkH on totiur time first mort kiiu;oh in , Kchnmry. nccordim.' to a monlhlv Hliilo:ncnl of tho Farm Loan board iiiven out toilay. ' Tho I'Vilcrnl Iiimd jinlik of Omiiha, Neb., led in' nmoitill'iif; loans closed Willi $:i,8!r,100. Oilier banlvt closed ItlllllH IIH folloWBi lIllUHloll, T(!X $,- 8:i,2in; St. Paul, .fl.fiOlUIOl): S'no knno, Ht1.2ril.720i Wichiln, Kas.. $1, 010.800 s licrltelcv Oali. $I7:I.H00, Tho tol nl aniounl; of Ioiuih closed Rinoo tho eslablishnioiit; of thn rMlcrai land bankH was 182.8I)7,!)(14 on March 1, iliHlrilmleil ai'nomr 7"i,:i84 hon'owers. Allouelhnv .1.70,1 !M havo uniilieil for loans infitroKiitinu: $'17.1,- , 4oo.yoy, ' ALLIES PLACE EMBARGO UPON FINISHED GOODS France and Italy Follow British Lead Only Raw Materials and Machinery Wanted From America Make Own Articles Field for American Finance In Europe. , 1 ; -s ; WASIIINOTON, Mur. 20. Imponl tloa by tho Krein'h Rovornmsnt of an Import omburRo Hlmllar to tho Ilrit liih la rcRurdcd by Rovvrnmont offlo lala hoo a ovldeiica that tho allies hare completed tholr plun for In duHtrlal rvronntriicilun und now nro procoedliiR to put them Into affoct. (ireat llrllaln and Krauco havo eatabllabed a pool In thin country to control whatever pnrcbann thoy neod lo make and Italy Is cooperating with them lo a limited oxtont. As a ro und, trudo experts do not think there will bo much sale for American fin ished products In the European .coun tries for soma lime to como, It buliiK tho announced policy of tho allies to do without those articles which they can not nianufucturo at homo. Ilnslc materials still will bo obliilnud In'the I n II eil Unites ami probably much ma chinery, Into tho tnnkliiK of which technical skill nnd sclontlflo know lodRo onler, but It Is bellovod tho Rreut hulk of American Roods will ciint Umu to he marketed ulsewhero. Tho allies: dependence, i vn this country for bnsla matorials and ma chinery to start, their - commercial llfo anew mny develop a new role for American capital in flnnneliiR Kuro pvan Industrie, revorsliiR tho condi tion which prevailed until tho war bcHan. America has mnro aurplu Rold than any other country, officials say, and can relievo tint Kuropcan scarcity by takliiK Industrial bonds at a prof itable rate of Interest or Roveriiment bonds at a lower rata, In either cose contrlliutliiR to n revival of business which would mean Rrcnter value for tho millions of forelxn socuritlos now bold In tho United States. E T OAKLAND. Calif.. Mnivh 20. A few iniiiiiles lieforo Mrs. (Iconic I), (ireenwood, wife of n Sun Franeisi-o hanker, was hilled t V n bomh nl her homo hero Tuesday evciiitur she hail in her possession a small, mysterious pnekairo which a friend knovVn only ns "I'hvllis" Iricd lo nermiiidi' her not lo open, neeonlimr to eviilenco un covered bv the Oakland Police todnv. ' ''Phyllis." nueeee"dud in iiersuadinir Mrs. Orceuwood not to open the pack, one in tho house, and loft in hasto when the ninlrou announced her in tention of L'oimr to the irarden lo ex amine, it, iicoidiut' to tho police in formation, llelief was expressed that "I'hvllis'' would be comnlelolv identified und iniestioiied before nit'lit. ' 1 . ., , Suspicion today centered around n irardencr formerly .employed in the Orceuwood iieiuliliorhood, nnd the im lieo looked for his arresl. The mys terious st runners, said to have been seen bv two school teachers' loiterim; around the nhieil wore ideal i lied fur Iher loduv bv Ji resliiuriint keeper n short distance away, who said they had a meal in his place a short time before I lie bomb explosion. IC.G1SI t SAI.KM, March 20. Hcenuso of renewrd activity of ."flv-bv-niifht" opernlors in oil slocks in Oremm since tho conclusion of tho war, Slato Corporation Ooinmisisonor Schultloi' nian found it nocesshrv today to is sue wtirnimr in the form of a poster that will be placed in eouspicus places (o prevent tho public from heim; culled by the audits. Hie stock snlesnien lire said to have, come into llio slate in nonsiilerulilu tiuinbers rceenllv. They hnvo operated ainoiiif shipyartl workers mul iu other pluuea, , , WAR NITRATES TURNEDOVERTO Nearly Three Billions of War Con tracts Cancelled Explosives to Be Used in Road Bulldinu and Land Clearing Nitrate Surplus Goes to Agriculture, as Fertilizer. WASIIP.WITO.V, Mar. 20. Settle ment of claims Involving detailed In ventories und review of-account is slowing up cancellation of war con tracts, tho war department announc ed today In a statement which ihow od thut of (2.941,000,000 In con tract rocommondad for cancellation tho actual closing out bad reachod a total of $185,132,008 on February 27. It wua disclosed also that explo sives valued at 112,000,000 had been transferred from surplus slocks to tho Interior department for land clearliiR, road building and similar work; and that more than half of the billion and a half pound of surplus sodium nltmto valued at $57,000,000 would bo disposed of for agricultural aad commercial purposes. Tho re mainder Is to bo hold for tho present by tho ordnanco department, Tho nltruto , surplus represents acquisitions sluco tho beginning of the war. Tho department of uKrlcul turo Is to ncqulro from tho army 284,000,000 pound for use as fertll Uer, paying cosl price, wblla the re maining surplus In tho United States will be handled thru tho nltruto board and the American nitrate pool. The surplus In Otitic, representing about a third of the total, will bo handled thru tho British pool at nut less than coal price. Tho explosives acquired by tho In terior department will be stored tem porarily ut war department maga zines at Fort SVIngate, N. M.; Sparta, Wis., and Charleston, S. C,, the Inter ior department being prepurod to storo Itself about 5,000,000 pounds. Storngo of explosives I giving the war department some troublo. Attention again was Invited today to tho fact ; that all claims growing out of Informal contract and agree ments must be presented boforo June 30. BRITISH SUSPEND E Nl'.W YORK. March 20. Kecoipt of instructions to suspend the pur chase of "'erliiur exehanire in this market in behalf of tho Hntish coy eminent, undertaken bv ,1. P. Moreno and company durinir the war to stu bilie financial relations between this center and London, wero announced today bv the Moriran firm. It was ex plained that this was "simply an other hIcii destuned to permit busi ness to resnmo its normal oourso." Soon after the announcement stor linir oxchnino bcirtin to suit off, do- dnnm stcrlinc dropped to 4.7150 npd oahlcs to 4,72")0, representinc in each case a decline of about four .cents s'neo yesterduv's close. GE EAST OF RHINE ' GENEVA, Mnr. 20 (Hnvas) Fronch troops havo occupied Mannheim nnd Karlsruhe on tho oast bank ot the Rhino, on ac count ot Spnrtncan outbreaks there, the Vosalscho Zoltung of Itorlln says. The nowapapor adds that tho French also ocouplod Hholnaii, rivo mljes south ot Mnnnhoim and Wh'tnhn(ton. ' LONDON, Mnrcli 20. Tho Uovnl Gcoirrnphicliil soc.Vl'y Sins jiwnrdod I lie Hack Grant lo Archdeacon Hud son Stuck ol the Yukon in recounilion of his travels in Alaska ami Ins as cunt ol' Mount Muluulov iu . USEOFFARMERS LOVE CRAZED SEATTLE MAID ADMITS POISONING COCKTAIL KILLING HER LOVER'S WIFE GOING INTO GIVEN OUTLET TO BALTIC SEA PARIS. March 20. In miikine his report to the supremo allied council vestorday on' the Polish question. Jues Cumbon. head of the pence con ference commission on Polish affairs, set forth the purpose of the commis sion to create a Polish state which would have a firm foundation for its future welfare and at the same time to respect the princioie of national! ties, despite the difficulties result ine fro mlhc coocrnphicul feature of the problem. Poland, M. Cnmhon pointed out. was half enclosed bv German terri tory nnd had an imperative need of an independent outlet to the sea bv a routo easy of access, to ensure her national autonomy. Therefore, he said, it was nccessnrv to incorpor ate in the new state some Gorman ele ments which, ho reminded tho coun cil, luUl been introduced there bv Germany herself with dolibcrutcness nnd in conformity with her colonizinc system. Premier Lloyd Georsro nrcned 'that Germany must not be eivon a pretext for orirunisiiiiir a sort of irridentist movement, especially east of the Vis tula, where the Germans wero rather numerous. The plan of tho commis sion nives to Poland boundaries which render her territory moro re stricted thnir it was in 1772. It nuts in her possion an outlet to tho Hal t:e which alone a considerable dis (aneo spans the Vistula to Dannie biio oxcludes the Alleustein territory, lo determine tho position of which n plcbeseite is proposed. Mr. Llovd Ocoree also remarket) that by oonneotint: Dnnxiir with Thorn and Warsaw bv two independent rail roads it probably would be possible lo make Poland economically inde pendent. Tho commission's! report probably will bo discussed bv tho supremo ul lied council Friday when tho iiucst'on of sendinir to W'arshnw tho Polish army divisions which bud fouuht on. the French front nlso is expected to come up. '. ATHENS. March 20. Information from what is considered n trust worthy source describes tho condi tion of the Greeks in tho Smyrna dis trict ns extremely critical. Hands of Turkish soldiers nnd civilians arc overriiiininir tho rouiou. tniirilonntr and pillnjjme;, tidvtcos stuto... ;, . 1 iv POUND ACTION OF TO ST. LOUIS. March 20. United States Senator James A, Reed today in commenting on the action of the 50 democratic members of the Mis souri house of representatives, who vesterdnv adopted n resolution eall ine on him to resism nnd run for re election; as a means of detorminine public sentiment on -his views, suid he had no objection to the men pass ins the resolution, but he did obicct to their savinir he spoke disrespct fullv of President Wilson, nnd the iext ' of the speech would show he did not. "1 nni not condtiotlntr this enm paisn as some nro. bv nbusine any one who does not uirrec with me." he said, "but I make no denial of the fnct that T do not nereo with President Wilson. "I will not resitrn. of course not unless nil these other fellows with views for and neuinst the league of nations resiirn. In that Case. I will ro with them and we can have n ecn drnl election with the document ns the paramount issue. , . "I believe it is coinine to n trenernl referendum, for tho United States senate will not ratify tho document." BOLSHEVIKI FORCE i 10 LEAVE ODESSA . " - ,- - ; v- : LONDON, Mar. 29 Virtually nil ot tho Ukraine is now In tho hands of tho Bolshevlkl, accord- ing to advices reaching London today. In heavy fighting at Xikolalev, northeast ot Odessa, the Bolshevik! i lost between 5000 and 8000 men, but forced tho Fronch garrison after fierce fighting to withdraw to Odessa. Furthor east, the advices add, the Bolshevlkl have reached the Isthmus of Perokop leading to the Crimea. . ' PRESIDENT CONFERS fe ' ; WITH ALLIED PREMIERS . PARIS,, 'Mar. 20. President Wil son spent this forenoon in work at the Paris .."White House" In prepara tion for another conference this af ternoon with Premiers Cleniencenu and Lloyd Ooorgo. Tho conference will tnko place at Mr. Lloyd George's resilience. , 18 Year Old Ruth Garrison In vited Rival in Love Triangle To Dine and Calmly Watched Her Death Agonies SEATTLE. March 20. Dudley M. Storrs. Okanocan. Wash., automobde mechanic, whose wife died here Tues day after eutine a ooisoned fruit cocktail, was expected to arrive here today. Miss Kuth Garrison, police an nounced yesterday, confessed she stirred the poison into the cocktail because Mrs. Storrs was her rival for the affections of the husband. Early this week. Miss Garrison returned from Okanocan where she visited Storrs. . - i Inter-vicwcrs and juil attendants to day expressed snrprise at the calm ness and case with which Miss Garri son discusses . her 'confessed crime- Miss Garrisn, who is but 18, was ar- j rested early yesterday at the home'of ; her uncle. J. D. Esarv. president of! the Island Transportation company. Only once or twice since the murder, has she cried. "Not bad, only foolish ' and voune." was the comment at the jail. ! ; v Craicd by, Ixnre ... " '"T was cmzv." she declared."! didn't think of anvthinc but wantine! to be with him. The impulse came to me Tnesdav morn:n? and I carried it out on the spur of the moment. "What matters most is not what I have done it is too late for thnt but whether he still cares for me. The main thine I want to know is whether I will be allowed to see him when he arrives. I love Dudley Storrs with nil my heart and soul." Mrs. Storrs partook of the poisoned cocktniJ wh:lc she was the euest of Miss Garrison at luncheon Tuesdav. The wife, for some time ,it -was sni t knew of the relations between the husband nnd eirL: Miss Garrison said she invited Mrs. Storrs to the lunch to discuss with her the auestion of Storrs ecttine a divorce. She bouelu the poison on the way to the lunch room, arrived there first, ordered the meal and placed the poison into the food before the euest arrived. Watched Her Die ' .' ' Soon after Mrs. Storrs took the cocktail she cusped and fainted. The ten room was in a department store and she was carried to the store's emerecnev hospital where she died. "Didn't you want to scream when vou sat across the table from Mrs. Storrs and watched her die." Miss Garrison was asked. "No," she said. "I didn't feel a thine after I thonaht of doinc it that morninc." Witnesses said Miss Garrison asked "are vou ill!" ns Mrs. Storrs fainted. ICiss Garrison's mother, the prison er said, does not know of the murder vet ns she is nwnv from Senttle. Miss Garrison formerly was n clerk in the Souttle oitv county building. While there she met Storrs, then u deputy sheriff. Smiling and Cheerful Miss Garrison todnv, nccordine to iail officials, was smiling, bright- and cheerful itfter a sound sleep. She showed no signs of n breakdown. The prisoner, it become known todnv. was a junior in a local high school n vear aeo. ... Deputy Proseeutine Attornov .John D. Carmondv today said n formal complaint charging Miss Garrison with first degree murder probably would be filed before tonight nnd ar raignment nrobublv would come to morrow. Miss Garrison's confession, it bo- RELEASED BY VILLA , JUAKEZ. Mex.. March 20. A tele gram was received here today from Bishop A. B. Call of the Mormon set tlement at Colonia Duhlnn stuting Bishop J. C. Bentley, Head Missionary James T. Whetten and Albert Tiet icn, another Mormon, bad been re leased bv Francisco Villa's troops and had arrived nt a logging camp 00 miles south of Colonia Dublari and 185 miles below tho border. ,-. , : enme known today, enme after tho cirl for hours had protested her in woman who suid she sat near Miss Garrison in the tea room, had told, the authorities of her observations of the girl's actions. Witness Tell Story The witness said Miss Garrison ar rived early and ordered lunch for two. When the cocktail arrived, slio said, the eirl reached across the ta ble and stirred it on top. not deeply. The woman did not see anvtlune drop ped into it. Later, the eirl. according to the witness, walked around the table and leaned Mrs. Storrs chair forward to signify thnt the place was -reserved. Shortly after Mrs. Storrs arrived. ' . This story was told to a city de tective. M. M. Peyser, who told it to Assistant Prosecutine Attorney John D. Carmonv. Carmodv summoned Miss Garrison to his ofico and de tailed the whole alleged ' tea room scene to her. ' " ., "Now don't say 'no' again. Ruth, because that is iust the way it hap pened, isn't itt'Mhe prosceutor ask ed.' - : : The e:rl's chin auivered. her head sank and she nodded "ves." r 1 Before the' officials obtained tho woman's stnrv 'hey had scoured lit-, tie. thev nid, on which to base u charge against snss Onrnsnn. Information formally charging Mis Ruth Garrison with murder in . the tirst degree was filed In the bu- . perlor court here today by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John D. Car mody. Husband Claims Suicide WENATCHEE. Wash.. Mnrch.20. Dndlev M. Storrs left last night for Seattle, arriving here in the after noon from Okanogan. He knew noth ing of the sensational developments in the death of his wife nntd he reached Wenntchce. He expressed doubt as to the confession of Ruth Garrison, saving that if she made a contcssion. it was only to escape the tortures of the police third degreo methods. "I nm satisfied thut my wife took her own life, fulfilling the threat which she had repeutedlv mude," ho suid. -' Storrs denied that the eirl. Ruth Garrison, hnd spent any tune in Okun- . ogan. He was calm nnd collected and apparently unmoved bv the develop ments in the love triangle. Storrs registered hero vesterdnv under nu, assumed name nnd kept to his room until train time hist night m order to escape intorviewers. ; Sane, Snys Alienist SEATTLE, Mar. 20. Dr. D. A. Nicholson, alienist, who today spent over two hours examining Mis Gar- ; rlson, reported to Prosecuting Attor ney Fred C. Brown that he believed the girl perfectly Bane. 'T'm n hnnh fnr hninl? lfllieht at It" the girl told Dr. Nicholson, Mr. Brown sold. .This was the only expression ot regret that she uttered. , "The doc tor told mo that at no time did Miss Garrison express the least regret for hor deed or sympathy for her victim or those she has bereaved." Dudley Storrs will be taken Into custody for investigation when he ar rives here from Wenatcheo, police declared today. Altho Miss Garrison asserts that hor one hope Is that Bha will bo al lowed to see Storrs, officials Bald her desire would not bo realized for some time. 48 MILLIONS FOR WASHINGTON, March 20. Artil lery projects for tho army which will be complntod contemplate expenditure of $48,243,855 for guns of various types, the wnr department announced today. Among1 other, items are 74 carriages for 12 inch scneoast mor tars and v.l railway mounts fur weap ons of tins tvpo.